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Job 19:18

ShameLoneliness

16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
KJV
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
WEB
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
ASV
Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
DARBY
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
BLB
Even little boys despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.
ÅB
Endog barn forakter meg; vil jeg reise meg, så taler de mot meg.
OTB
Selv små barn forakter meg;
når jeg reiser meg, taler de imot meg.
B1930
Endog barn forakter mig; vil jeg reise mig, så taler de mot mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 2:23

    From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

    Read in context

  • Job 30:12

    The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

    Read in context

  • Job 30:1

    “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 3:5

    The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

    Read in context